Adrian Briggs, KC (Hon)
Emeritus Professor of Private International Law
Biography
Adrian Briggs was until 30 September 2021 the Sir Richard Gozney Fellow and Tutor in Law at St Edmund Hall, where he had been a tutorial fellow since 1980, and Professor of Private International Law. His main interest was and still is in private international law, and within that, in questions of civil jurisdiction and the effect of foreign judgments. He spent 15 years as one of the editors of Dicey, Morris and Collins, The Conflict of Laws, but his own perspective on the subject, in its increasingly European character, as it then was, was set out and published in 2015 as Private International Law in English Courts. This took its place alongside his several other books on private international law, of which Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments is the most established, and The Conflict of Laws, in the Clarendon series, the most conversational.
But as English private international law is now condemned to walk a dark and lonely path, it was necessary to recast these volumes. The work is now underway; it will take some time. Otherwise, Private International Law in Myanmar (2015) and The Law of Contract in Myanmar (jointly with Andrew (now Lord) Burrows (2017)) provided an alternative, and utterly absorbing, intellectual challenge; it is hoped that, when circumstances allow, The Law of Tort in Myanmar will also be written.
He also practises from chambers in the Temple.
Publications
Briggs A, ‘The Subtle Variety of Jurisdiction Agreements’ (2022) 2012(August) Informa; Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 364
Briggs A and Dickinson A, ‘Reframing Jurisdiction: A New Scheme?’ (2022) 41(4) Civil Justice Quarterly 317
Briggs A, ‘Brexit and Private International Law: An English Perspective’ (2019) 2019(Part 2, Apr-Jun 2019) Rivista Di Diritto Internazionale Privato E Processuale 261
Briggs A, ‘Direct Actions and Arbitration: All at Sea’ [2016] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
BRIGGS A, ‘The Hidden Depths of the Law of Jurisdiction’ (2016) 2016 Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 236
Briggs A, ‘Judicial Assistance Still in Need of Judicial Assistance’ (2015) 42125 (informa) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 179
Briggs A, ‘Rubin and New Cap: Foreign Judgments and Insolvency’ [2013] (7) Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper
Briggs A, ‘Recognition of Foreign Judgments: A Matter of Obligation’ (2013) 129 (2013)(Jan) Law Quarterly Review, Sweet & Maxwell 87
Briggs A, ‘Foreign Judgments: The Common Law Flexes Its Muscles’ [2011] Trusts & Trustees
Briggs A, ‘What Shold Be Done about Jurisdiction Agreements ?’ (2011) 12 Yearbook of Private International Law Sellier European Law Publishers 311
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of Brtish Courts in 2009: Private International Law’ (2010) 80 Oxford 575
Briggs A, ‘Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments’
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of British Courts 2008: Private International Law’ (2009) 79 OUP 501
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of British Courts in 2007: Private International Law’ (2008) 78 British Yearbook of International Law 588
Briggs A, ‘The Further Consequences of Choice of Law’ (2007) 123 Law Quarterly Review 18
Briggs A, ‘The Cost of Suppressing Insurrection’ (2007) 123 Law Quarterly Review 182
Briggs A, ‘Who Is Bound by the Brussels Regulation ?’ (2007) 2007 Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 433
Briggs A, ‘Jurisdiction over Defences and Connected Claims’ (2006) 2006 Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 447
Briggs A and C Neoupokoeva (trs) T, ‘Recognition and Enforcement of Russian Judgments in England’ (2006) 2006-3 Vyestnik: Journal of International Legal Institute of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation 77
Briggs A, ‘The Meaning and Proof of Foreign Law’ (2006) 2006 Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly ’1
Briggs A, ‘Distinctive Aspects of the Conflict of Laws in Common Law Systems: Autonomy and Agreement in the Conflict of Laws’ (2005) 308 The Doshisha Hogaku (The Doshisha Law Review) 21
Briggs A, ‘Forum Non Conveniens and Ideal Europeans’ (2005) 2005 Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 378
Briggs A, ‘The Death of Harrods: Forum Non Conveniens and the European Court’ (2005) 121 Law Quarterly Review 535
Briggs A, ‘Thre Impact of Recent Judgments of the European Court on English Procedural Law and Practice’ (2005) 124 (2005) II Zeitschrift Fur Schweizerisches Recht 231
Briggs A, ‘Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: Rethinking the Law on Foreign Judgments’ (2004) 2004(8) Singapore Yearbook of International Law 1
Briggs A, ‘Public-Private Law Protective Schemes and the Conflict of Laws’ (2004) 2004 LMCLQ 313
Briggs A, ‘Anti-Suit Injunctions and Utopian Ideals’ (2004) 120 LQR 529
Briggs A, ‘Choice of Choice of Law’ (2003) 2003(1) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 14215
Briggs A, ‘Owing, Owning, and the Garnishing of Foreign Debts’ (2003) 2003 Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 418
Briggs A, ‘On Drafting Agreements on Choice of Law’ (2003) 2003 Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 389
Briggs A, ‘The Real Scope of European Rules for Choice of Law’ (2003) 119 Law Quarterly Review 352
Briggs A, ‘Public Policy in the Conflict of Laws: A Sword and a Shield ?’ (2002) (2002) 6 Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law 953
Briggs A, ‘The Legal Significance of the Place of a Tort’ (2002) 2 OU Commonwealth Law Journal 7
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of British Courts: B: Private International Law’ (2001) 71 Oxford University Press 39
Briggs A, ‘The Revenue Rule in the Conflict of Laws: Time for A Makeover’
Briggs A, ‘A Note on the Application of the Statute Law of Singapore Within Its Private International Law’
Briggs A, Civil jurisdiction and judgments: Seventh edition (2021) 1
Briggs A, civil jurisdiction and judgments (Informa Law from Routledge 2021)
Briggs A, The Conflict of Laws (Oxford University Press (Clarendon Law Series) 2019)
Briggs A and Burrows A, The Law of Contract in Myanmar (Oxford University Law Faculty 2017)
Briggs A, Private International Law in the English Courts (Oxford University Press, USA 2014)
Briggs A, The Conflict of Laws (Oxford University Press 2013)
Collins of Mapesbury L, Briggs A, Dickinson A, and others, Dicey, Morris and Collins on The Conflict of Laws (L Collins of Mapesbury ed., Sweet & Maxwell 2012)
Briggs A, Agreements on Jurisdiction and Choice of Law (OUP: Oxford Private International Law Series 2008) 1
Briggs A, The Conflict of Laws (Clarendon Law Series, Oxford University Press 2008) 1
Briggs A, Lawrence Collins S and Professor CGJ Morse P, The Conflict of Laws (Thomson 2006) 45292
Briggs A, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments, 4th edition (Informa/Lloyds/of/London/Press 2005) 650
Briggs A, Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments, Third Edition (P Rees ed., Informa/Lloyds/of/London/Press 2002) 650
Briggs A, The Conflict of Laws (Clarendon Law Series) (OUP 2002) 266
Briggs A, ‘Which Law Applies ? A Role for Private International Law’ in C L Lim (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to International Arbitration (Cambridge University Press 2021)
Briggs A, ‘Private International Law and the Privy Council’ in C Mitchell and S Watterson (eds.), The World of Maritime and Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Francis Rose (Hart 2020)
Briggs A and Burrows A, ‘Formation and Third Party Rights in the Myanmar Law of Contract’, Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia II: Formation and Third Party Beneficiaries (2018)
Briggs A, ‘The Development of Principle by a Final Court of Appeal in Matters of Private International (common) Law’ in Lee (ed.), From House of Lords to Supreme Court (Hart 2011)
Briggs A, ‘The Rejection of Abuse in International Civil Procedure’ in R de la Feria and S Vogenauer (eds.), Prohibition of Abuse of Law (Hart Publishing 2011)
Briggs A, ‘Misappropriated and Misapplied Assets and the Conflict of Laws’ in Degeling and Edelman (eds.), Unjust Enrichment in Commercial Law (Lawbook Co 2008)
Briggs A, ‘Decision of British Courts in 2006: Private International Law’ in Crawford and Lowe (eds.), The British Year Book of International Law 2006 (Oxford 2007)
Briggs A, ‘English Private Law: Private International Law’ in Burrows (ed.), English Private Law (Oxford UP 2007)
Briggs A, ‘Contractual Agreements on Choice of Law’ in Burrows and Peel (eds.), Contract Terms (OUP 2007)
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of British Courts: Private International Law’ in Crawford and Lowe (eds.), British Year Book of International Law 2005 (77) (Oxford University Press 2006)
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of British Courts During 2004: Private International Law’, British Year Book of International Law (Oxford University Press 2005)
Briggs A and Barbara Dohmann Q, ‘Learning to Learn from Others in Europe in Commercial Litigation’, Grenzueberschreitungen Beitraege zum Internationalen Verfahrensrecht und zur Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit: Festschrift fuer Peter Schlosser zum 70. Geburtstag (2005)
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of British Courts During 2003: Private International Law’, British Year Book of International Law (Oxford University Press 2004)
Briggs A, ‘Conflict of Laws and Commercial Remedies’ in E Burrows and Peel (eds.), Commercial Remedies: Current Issues and Problems (Oxford University Press 2003)
Briggs A, ‘Decisions of British Courts During 2002: Private International Law’, British Year Book of International Law (Oxford University Press 2003)
Briggs A, ‘Law Governing Arbitration Agreements in a Recent Judgment of the UK Supreme Court’ (Italian Society of Private International and Procedural Law: Webinar Series 2021 (9 April 2021) 2021)
Briggs A, ‘The Long Arm of the Law ?’ (2021) 2021(Part 2) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 223 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘A Conflict of Comity in the Enforcement of Judgments’ [2021] (Part 1, February 2021) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 44682 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘What Do You Mean, ’non-exclusive’ ?’ [2019] (Part 3, Aug 2019) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 329 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Service Out: Communis Error Frangit Ius’ (2019) 2019(May) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 195 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Holiday Torts and Damage Within the Jurisdiction’ [2018] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 196 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Direct Actions and Arbitration: All at Sea (The Yusuf Cepnioglu)’ (2016) 2016(3) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 327 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Arbitration and the Brussels Regulation Again’ [2015] (42217) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 284 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘One-Sided Jurisdiction Clauses: French Folly and Russian Menace’ [2013] Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 137 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘In for a Penny, in for a Pound.’ [2013] (feb) Informa Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 26 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Co-Ownership and an Equitable Non Sequitur’ (2012) 128(April) Sweet & Maxwell, Law Quarterly Review 183 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Forum Non Satis: Spiliada and an Inconvenient Truth’ (2011) 2011(August) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 329 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Recogntion: Foreign Judgments or Insolvency Proceedings ?’ [2010] (November) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 523 (case-note)
Briggs A and J Edelman J, ‘Restitution and Not-so-Local Authority Swaps’ (2010) 126(October) Law Quarterly Review 500 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Timeo Danaos on the Rock of Gibraltar’ (2010) 126(Jan) Law Quarterly Review 20 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Fear and Loathing in Syracuse and Luxembourg’ (2009) 2009(May) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 161 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘When in Rome, Choose As the Romans Choose’ (2009) 125 Law Quarterly Review 191 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Enforcing and Reinforcing an English Judgment’ (2008) 2008(4 (Nov.) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 421 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘Construction of an Arbitration Agreement: Deconstruction of an Arbitration Clause’ (2008) 2008(Feb) Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 44682 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘A Map or a Maze: Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in the Court of Appeal’ (2007) IX The Singapore Year Book of International Law 123 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘The Duke of Brunswick and Defamation by Internet’ (2003) 119 Law Quarterly Review 210 (case-note)
Briggs A, ‘The Principle of Comity in Private International Law’ (2012) Receuil Des Cours: Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law 65
Briggs A, ‘The Brussels I Bis Regulation Appears on the Horizon’ (2011) Lloyd’s Maritime & Commercial Law Quarterly 157
Briggs A, ‘VTB Capital Plc V Nutritek International Corpn [2013] UKSC 5, [2013] 2 WLR 398’ (2000)